Hay-rack.



C. A. BORK.

HAY RACK.

APPLICATION FILED MAYI I9I8 1,279,236.

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CHARLEY A. BORK, OF PAYNESVILLE, IlVIIN1\1'ESO'lA.

HAY-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patllted Sept. 17, 19118.V

Application led May 4, 1918. Serial No. 232,554.`

rack may be secured upon the longitudinalr bars thereof insuch a mannerthat the maximum strength will be attained with a minimum expenditure oftime and labor in assembling.V

A further object is the provision 0f securing means of this characterwhich will be extremely simple and inexpensive in manufacture, strongand efficient 4in securing a bracing action, durable in service and ageneral improvement of the art.

With these objects andy advantages in view the invention consists in thenovel construction hereinafter more fully described and claimed, andillustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a plan viewof a hay rack constructed in accordance rwith my invention, part of thefloor being broken away.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary side elevation of the same, andY Fig. 3 is afragmentary end elevation.

Referring more particularly to the drawing the numeral 5 Vdesignates thelongitudinal bars of the hay rack upon which are disposed at ,intervalsthe upper cross bars 6` and upon the undersides of which are Vbarsfirmly in position.

disposed the lower cross bars 7. I-Ieretofore it has been a commonpractice to secure these cross bars -in position by means ofsubstantially U-shaped clips secured thereto. A disadvantage o'f thisstructure has been that the yU-shaped clips have frequently becometwisted so that they do not hold the cross v In carrying out myinvention I'provide at the juncture of the cross bars with thelongitudinal bars, securing members 8, arranged as shown. Each securinmember is formed of angle iron and inc udes right angularly extendingplates 9 andlO. The lower portion of each plate 9 is provided withspacedholes for the reception of bolts 11 passing through the bar 5, andthe upper portion of each plate 10 is provided with spacedholes for thereception of bolts 12 passing through the bar 6. The lower end of eachmember 8 is bent as shown at 13 to extend beneath the` lower cross bar7to which it is bolted as at 14. c

From the foregoing Vdescription and a study of the drawing-it will beapparent that I have thus provided a securing device for fastening thecross bars of a hay rackupon the longitudinal bars thereof in anextremely simple manner without the use of special tools and withoutthe'necessity for any great'degree of skill, and which will bethoroughly efficient in use and strong and durable in service. y

Having thus described my invention I claim:

Securing means for fastening the upper and lower cross bars of a hayrack upon the .longitudinal bars thereof, comprising a verticallydisposed anglefbar member arranged at the juncture of each of the upperand lower cross bars with each longitudinal bar and includingright-angularly extending flanges, the lower portion of one flangebearing against the longitudinal bar and provided with holes for thereception of securing bolts and the upper'portion of the other flangebearing against the upper cross bar and being provided with holes forthe passage of securing bolts, the lower ends of said members being bentto extend horizontally beneath the lower cross bars and having 'saidfirst named flanges secured thercto, the lower ends of said membersterminating at points spaced inwardly from Y the longitudinal bars. Y

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